Class,

My experience as a road racer tells me that drafting is indeed as important to horses as it is to humans. Racing into a wind is made far easier if you tuck behind one runner (or preferably a group of runners). Think of migrating geese alternating in the lead position.

That same experience also tells me that pace is a very important factor in human running (and by extension, horses), particularly into the wind. I have been badly cooked a number of times for early fractions that were too fast for me to maintain.

Mike